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1	A story that would (O)therwise not have been told Alexander, Pauline Ingrid 28 February 2004 (has links) My mini-dissertation gives the autobiography of Talent Nyathi, who was born in rural Zimbabwe in 1961. Talent was unwillingly conscripted into the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle. On her return to Zimbabwe, she has worked tirelessly for the education of her compatriots. Talent's story casts light on subject-formation in conditions of difficulty, suffering and victimization. Doubly oppressed by her race and gender, Talent has nevertheless shown a remarkable capacity for self-empowerment and the empowerment of others. Her story needs to be heard because it will inspire other women and other S/subjects and because it is a corrective to both the notions of a heroic Struggle and the `victim' stereotype of Africa. Together with Talent's autobiography, my mini-dissertation offers extensive notes that situate her life story in the context of contemporary postcolonial, literary and gender theory and further draws out the significance of her individual `history-from-below'. / English Studies / M.A. Literacy Self-empowerment Victimization Teenage-conscript Postcolonial Rhodesia-Zimbabwe Girl-child Blackness Subject-formation 823.914 Autobiography -- Women authors Gender identity -- Zimbabwe Guerrillas -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction Revolutionaries -- Zimbabwe -- Biography Women -- Zimbabwe -- Social conditions ZANU-PF (Organization : Zimbabwe) Women's rights -- Zimbabwe Women and war -- Zimbabwe Nyathi,Talent
2	A story that would (O)therwise not have been told Alexander, Pauline Ingrid 28 February 2004 (has links) My mini-dissertation gives the autobiography of Talent Nyathi, who was born in rural Zimbabwe in 1961. Talent was unwillingly conscripted into the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle. On her return to Zimbabwe, she has worked tirelessly for the education of her compatriots. Talent's story casts light on subject-formation in conditions of difficulty, suffering and victimization. Doubly oppressed by her race and gender, Talent has nevertheless shown a remarkable capacity for self-empowerment and the empowerment of others. Her story needs to be heard because it will inspire other women and other S/subjects and because it is a corrective to both the notions of a heroic Struggle and the `victim' stereotype of Africa. Together with Talent's autobiography, my mini-dissertation offers extensive notes that situate her life story in the context of contemporary postcolonial, literary and gender theory and further draws out the significance of her individual `history-from-below'. / English Studies / M.A. Literacy Self-empowerment Victimization Teenage-conscript Postcolonial Rhodesia-Zimbabwe Girl-child Blackness Subject-formation 823.914 Autobiography -- Women authors Gender identity -- Zimbabwe Guerrillas -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction Revolutionaries -- Zimbabwe -- Biography Women -- Zimbabwe -- Social conditions ZANU-PF (Organization : Zimbabwe) Women's rights -- Zimbabwe Women and war -- Zimbabwe Nyathi,Talent

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A story that would (O)therwise not have been told

A story that would (O)therwise not have been told